Throughout evolution, plants have continuously adapted to survive in changing environments. Apart from complex structural changes, plants have also developed various defense strategies against ...

Oxygen radicals occur as a by-product when living beings burn carbohydrates or fat. They are suspected of accelerating the aging process in humans and animals, and to be partly responsible for severe ...

A (light green) bacterial cell detects a source of stress and is activated (dark green). It adorns itself with alarmones (depicted as red triangles) and can transmit them via cell-to-cell contact with ...